SharePoint Home Sites serve as the central landing pages for an organisation within the SharePoint environment. They are designed to be the main sites of your intranet, providing a unified and personalised experience that reflects your company’s voice, brand, and culture.
A Home Site is like a Communication Site with superpowers. It’s marked as an official source of news and can be customised to showcase targeted news, content, and links to other high-traffic portals. This makes it an ideal starting point for employees to access company resources, search across the intranet, and stay updated with organisational news.
Setting up a Home Site requires SharePoint admin permissions and is now managed through the Viva Connections admin centre. The process involves creating a Communication Site, marking it as your Home Site, and customising it to suit your organisation’s needs. It’s recommended to make your tenant’s root site the SharePoint Home Site for easy access and navigation.
Best practices for SharePoint Home Sites include:
- Creating a user-friendly design that aligns with your organisation’s branding
- Using the site to connect people with an intranet-wide search experience
- Using audience targeting to showcase relevant news and content dynamically, based on employee job roles and interests
- Engaging employees with conversation to create two-way communications with Viva Engage web parts
SharePoint Home Sites are a powerful tool for enhancing employee engagement and communication. They provide a personalised and branded gateway to a company’s digital workspace, making information and resources accessible and navigable for all employees. When setting up a Home Site, it’s crucial to follow best practices that prioritise employee experience and align with the company’s wider digital strategy.
